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IMPROVEMENT IN BRAGES POR WAGON SPRINGS.`

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i i l. y Be it known that I, JAMES IT. LOCKIE, of Humphrey, in the county of Cattaraugus, and State of New York,I

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braces for Wagon Springs; and I do hereby declare that the-` l following is a full, clear and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and` 3 i use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, Vixwhich-f" FigureA I is a side view of my improved braces, attached to the reach andbox frame ofa wagon. Figure is a horizontal sectional view of the same, taken through the line :n as, iig. `1. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y My invention has for its object, to prevent the backward and forward swaying, and the consequenttwisting` and breaking of wagon, carriage and buvgy springs. And it consists in the combination of levers, rods and T l] braces with each other, and with the reach and box `frame of the wagon, as hereinafter more fully described. A f i, is the reach of the wagon, about the Vconstruction of which there is nothing new. B is the partof the box` frame which supports the middle part of the bottom of the box. C are two short levers, which are pivoted to tlieinddlc y y part of the reach A, by a bolt passing through the centres di' said levers and through the reach, as shown in fig. 1.] D i is a rod, the lower end of which is pivoted between the upper ends of the two levers, C, and its upper end is pivoted; p to the inner end of the'T brace E. F is a rod, the upper. end of which is pivted to theinner end of the Thrace l G, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2. The lower part of the rod F is divided into two branches orarms, as shownng.

2, which pass down on each side of the reach A, and theflower ends of which arepivotedto the lower endsofthe levers C. The inner or long arms of the T braces Eand G, are securely attached to the box frame of the wagon, i

f" Vwith the T part of said braces projecting. This part is firmly secured to thenpper part of the springs, and. p

braces them against twisting, and at the same time the holes for the passage of .the bolts 4through the springs,; l

vbeing more in number, do'not require to be so Alarge as when the springs'are secured in `theordinary` mantieni,`

and consequently the springs are not so muchweakened by said holes, and are not so liable tobreali.` This 'device i i also causes the springs always to actin aline perpendicular to the plane ofthe wagon,whether the wagon is goings` j up or down hill, or upon a level. It also guards the springs from being strained or brok-enW by asudden jerk, the 1 tendency of-which is to draw the running part of the wagon from under the box, which tendency is resistedby i. my improvement, and the running part and box are madeto move on together. If desired, the ,short levers C part of the springs. This improvement is'designed to be attached to all kinds 'of spring wagons, carriages, and,`

may bepivoted to the box frame, and the T braces E and Gr, attached to the ends of the reach and tothe lower buggies, whether they are hung upon elliptic or half-eliptic springs. It is also designed to be attached tothe springs of wagon seats, to protect them in-.the same manner that it protects wagon springs, I claim as new, and desire to secure byAIfetters Patentf The combination ofthe short levers C, connecting rods D and F, and the T .braces VE and Gr, with each other and with the reach A land box-frame B of the wagon, substantially as herein shown and described, and for` the purpose set forth. l y

The above speciiication of my invention signed by me this 28th day .of August, 1866.

Mii Witnesses i i. i

WM. F. MoNAMAnA, .I Auns T. GRAHAM.

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